Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Dangerous Beauties

IT’S 4 P. M on a brisk day in Washington, D.C., and three sexy spies dressed in head-to-toe black—complete with requisite supersleuth trench coats—are tracking down an international spy in a shadowy parking garage.

A car pulls in, headlights casting a shadow against the wall—could it be their guy?—and the women strut forward in fierce, lockstep solidarity, on the way to catching their prey.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, one stumbles in her sky-high heels and cracks up. “My nose is running!” says another, wiping her face. “OK, I cannot keep a straight face!” says the third.

“It’s all right, we got it!” says photographer Matt Hoyle, who’s standing 10 feet in front of the ladies, flanked by two smoke machines and a generator brought in to power the lights.

Yep, you guessed it—these three women are not really spies. Paget Brewster, Kirsten Vangsness and A.J. Cook, the stars of the hugely popular procedural drama Criminal Minds, have flown from Los Angeles to take part in a Watch! film noir-style photo shoot.